Friday, May 12, 2017

CommentsOKCMOA'S JAPANESE WOODBLOCKPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHYEXHIBITS FASCINATING

By Nancy Condit

"After the Floating World: The Enduring Art of Japanese Woodblock
Prints" and "The Unsettled Lens: Photography from the Permanent
Collection"are interestingoriginal exhibits that end Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, with free admission for all women on Sunday in honor of Mother's Day.While the black and white photographic exhibit was illuminating with photographerslike Alfred Stiglitz and Brett Weston, the Japanese woodblock print exhibit wasterrific because of the prints themselves, the explanations or didactics, written by themuseum, given for each print - including why the colors of the actors' faces, and the short films of Kabuki and NO or NOH theater performances. The Inasmuch Foundation funded tours of the exhibits for more than 3,300 students.The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. It is located at 415 Couch Drive. Admission ranges from $12 to $5, withfree admission for active military, children under 5 and all women on Mother's Day.